For wagering enthusiasts, the Flamingo’s Race & Sports Book features nine 36” screens, sixteen 43” screens, and two projection televisions. The Chinese invented this bingo-like game more than 2,000 years ago. Keno, a perennial Flamingo favorite, has returned. The 70 table games include Craps, Blackjack, Mini-Baccarat, Roulette, Caribbean Stud Poker, Let It Ride Poker, Three Card Poker, and Pai Gow Poker. The Flamingo Las Vegas boasts over 1,600 slots and video poker machines in the recently-remodeled casino.
The resort includes more than 3,500 deluxe guestrooms, 77,000-square-feet of gaming, and a large tropical garden that features three pools and a wildlife habitat. Today the Flamingo Las Vegas is owned by Caesars Entertainment Corporation and has been completely reconstructed. Unknown gunmen murdered the mobster at Virginia Hill’s home in Beverly Hills on June 20, 1947. After some initial problems, the Flamingo became a success however, Bugsy Seigel did not enjoy his achievement for long.
He named the hotel in honor of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, whose red hair and long legs led to her nickname, “The Flamingo.” Before Seigel opened his classy Cuban-style resort in the middle of the desert, all Las Vegas hotels had used a western frontier theme. Benjamin “Bugsy” Seigel, the notorious gangster, opened the original Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on December 26, 1946.
